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Consultants are trying to help companies improve resilience and cut carbon emissions while also keeping costs down
iPhone maker poised to report another record quarter but crisis in obtaining chips a headwind on even greater revenues
Electric vehicle pioneer says factories ‘have been running below capacity for several quarters’
Supplies at companies dwindle from 40 days leaving ‘no room for error’, says Biden administration
Assets under management in the first logistics ETF have plummeted 85 per cent since its launch in June 2021
Bloc weathers variant better than past Covid waves, but infection surge hurts services as inflation rises
Plus what to look out for this week
Taiwan companies confront global onshoring push as chip crunch persists
Omicron and sudden rise in US tariffs on Chinese truck chassis add to trade pressures
Japanese group made more vulnerable by what was once its biggest strength and edge over global rivals — lean manufacturing
Contrary to anti-globalisation rhetoric, last year’s snarl-ups were a sign of rebounding demand
Renesas and Tokyo Electron also race to respond to geopolitical tensions
The ‘factory of the future’ offers a new manufacturing blueprint; 3D printing and ‘reshoring’ counter supply chain risks; industry steels itself for the ‘net zero’ emissions challenge; and investors jumpstart battery funding
Manufacturers are looking to avoid bottlenecks caused by disrupted delivery of key components
Indices of trade disruption being created by economists are helpful but hardly definitive
Lockdowns and restrictions risk causing greater disruption than during earlier waves of the pandemic
New barometer suggests pressures were most acute in October, but have since tracked lower
Sentences of up to almost 5 years handed down as Omicron restrictions threaten supply chains
‘Skills boot camps’ are expected to provide instruction for up to 11,000 truckers
The delays created by the pandemic are likely to continue in 2022, say shipping industry experts
Lockdown in China’s Xi’an spurs expectations of higher Dram and Nand memory chip prices
Consumer sentiment, inflation and patchy pattern of damage all pose threat to recovery
German fashion house to hire additional workers for Turkish factory as it reduces dependence on south-east Asia
Crisis has forced lasting shift in governments’ policy approach, according to Yeo Han-koo
Chinese assembler makes aggressive bid to expand in Apple supply chain
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